Sunday, November 16, 2008

UpTake

As most of you know, I'm a blogger for UpTake.

Vacations


They have big news!!



UPTAKE BECOMES LARGEST TRAVEL SEARCH ENGINE WITH THE MOST SOURCES, PRODUCTS AND OPINIONS

UpTake Emerges as a Major Player in Online Travel Industry by Building Key Partnerships and Garnering Funding in Tough Start-up Climate



PALO ALTO, Calif. – Nov. 12, 2008 – In just six months since its public beta launch in May of this year, UpTake’s travel search and discovery engine has grown exponentially. The travel industry’s deepest and broadest database of hotels and attractions has surpassed all other online travel search engines in terms of indexed sources, products, and opinions. With this announcement, significant new industry partnerships and $10 million in new funding secured, UpTake is thriving and growing in an economy in which many start-ups are struggling.



Since its public beta in May 2008, UpTake’s search engine has increased its total number of indexed sources from 1,000 to 5,000 making its database of individual travel sites nearly 10 times greater than any other travel search engine. The sources indexed by UpTake include trusted sites like Expedia, Fodor’s, goCityKids, TripAdvisor, Virtual Tourist and Yahoo! Travel...


Three cheers for UpTake!!

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